I like IL except for the weather. . South IL is really nice to cruise through but I don't much care for Chicago to be honest. It's a nice place to be a tourist but living here isn't that great. I think I just dislike the North in general though._________________

High five to Jen for giving props to her state. I know people have moved to IL from nicer places and hate it and that's understandable but really, it bugs me when people insult Illinois without ever having come here. There really is some wonderful stuff here.

There are non-Illinois people who talk shit about Illinois? I always figured Illinois to be one of those states that are kind of exempt from the shit-talking...I mean you have places like Idado and Kansas and Nebraska and Texas and Alabama that get pooped on all the time, but...yeah.

Anyway...I think Michigan itself is a nice state. There are some rural towns there that I love (like Shelby), but I don't think I'd like Detroit itself because I don't really like big cities. Like Cletus, I don't really like Chicago, either...it's a nice place to visit if you have the time to do all the touristy museum things, but I don't like actually living here._________________

My boyfriend's grandmother lives in the UP. I got to visit there. She lives nearest to Sault St Marie. However, in her home out in the woods she is really and truly in the middle of nowhere. She has a nice home right on a river which is pretty cool. There is no civilization for miles and really as soon as you enter the UP you might as well say goodbye to civilization for awhile. There are no malls, walmarts, or grocery stores in most towns. Hell, you're lucky if you find a gas station. I got see all of the great lakes under ice at the time I was visiting which was pretty cool. I might post some pictures later._________________Eureka00: "Reminding you of your addictions" since 1982.

My boyfriend's grandmother lives in the UP. I got to visit there. She lives nearest to Sault St Marie. However, in her home out in the woods she is really and truly in the middle of nowhere. She has a nice home right on a river which is pretty cool. There is no civilization for miles and really as soon as you enter the UP you might as well say goodbye to civilization for awhile. There are no malls, walmarts, or grocery stores in most towns. Hell, you're lucky if you find a gas station. I got see all of the great lakes under ice at the time I was visiting which was pretty cool. I might post some pictures later.

Growing up military and having lived in close to twenty states I have no complaints with Illinois. It has a nice blend of the Midwest affordability and solid job market. It's a very liberal state (I believe Bush lost by the greatest margin of any state and second only to the D.C. district) and is for the most part lacking in fundie religious freaks which some other Midwest states can't say. I even like the bitter winter for the most part. My main issue is the lack of ocean. Lake Michigan is just not a viable substitute. Maybe I should look into Oregon, Washington, or Maine._________________"And then the sea was closed again, above us."

17 bitches. im going to go hang out with some friends and smoke weed and deface property now. i hear thats what all the cool twits are doing.

and you got on my case for acting like a little kid?

shit

there are about 5 - 6 states in the US that i do not care if i never visit them again (2 of which i dont want to even though i havent been there)

Kansas - the drive through it..nearly killed me it was so boring
New Mexico - the drive...yea..that one too
Arizona - the drive..boring also
Montana - what the hell does montana have?
Iowa - i hear there is absolutely nothing there (never been)
New York - i know its a big state..but im going to avoid it because of some girl who lives there that is now obsessed with me =[ (never been)

TEXAS SUCKS!! dallas is cool but only cuz i got lots of family there..everywhere else is meh..unless you are driving in west texas..speed limits of 80 means i can go 110 and barely go faster than anyone for like 200 miles

Yeah I forgot to post a link to the 'Soo Locks'. Those are pretty neat too.

I spoonered that when I first read it. I was thinking it got so cold up there, they had special socks for going to the loo at night._________________The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
- Charles Darwin

I don't see what's wrong with Texas other than the political spectrum. The beaches are nice to vacation at, and the food (in southern texas) is simply wonderful, and the people aren't really hateful at all. Unless you're gay, then you're screwed. Michigan is nice too during the winter.

I don't see what's wrong with Texas other than the political spectrum. The beaches are nice to vacation at, and the food (in southern texas) is simply wonderful, and the people aren't really hateful at all. Unless you're gay, then you're screwed. Michigan is nice too during the winter.

I don't see what's wrong with Texas other than the political spectrum. The beaches are nice to vacation at, and the food (in southern texas) is simply wonderful, and the people aren't really hateful at all. Unless you're gay, then you're screwed. Michigan is nice too during the winter.